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Never had Harry spoke a truer word than he did to Hermione Granger that morning, just as he had said...Malfoy was in for a world of pain for the torment he had put her through with comments of her being a "mudblood". By now Harry and Ron had grown so tired of hearing the jeers of the slytherins as they passed her in the corridors between lessons, even the Slytherins who had never even met her until just recently seemed to be giving her hell. Of course, she kept her head held high as always and ignored any such comments, but they knew that they were getting to her.
When Hermione left the Gryffindor common room that morning for her muggle studies class Ron and Harry decided to go to the library and look up some curses they could use on Malfoy and his horde of slytherin croonies.
"How about the leg locker curse?" suggested Ron absentmindedly flicking through one of the books. He yawned and continued "or set a blast ended skrewt on him" he smiled to himself imagining Malfoy with one of the skrewts clamped onto his head running round in a circle. Harry seemed to be sharing this thought because a big grin formed on his face and he choked on his pumpkin juice.
"You know" said a dreamy voice behind them, "you could get kicked out of here if Madam Prince catches you drinking in here" Harry spun round in his seat and came face to face with Luna Lovegood. She seemed to be staring off into space with her usual dreamy gaze.
"Hi Luna" mumbled Ron without looking up from the book he had just thrust his head behind "bit busy right now". "She tore her gaze away from the ceiling and looked at Ron with her head tilted to one side;
"Anything important?" she asked, sitting herself down next to Harry and gazing into the pages of the open book that Harry had just been reading "nothing...illegal I hope". Harry fixed her with a quizzical look and slammed the book shut;
"No...what would make you think that?" he examined her face for signs of weakness
She looked straight back at him for a moment without blinking then she answered him;
"Because if you were planning on cursing someone...a particular...blonde... slytherin someone" she looked deep into Harry's eyes, pausing for a moment before continuing "I'd like to know that I helped". The final words she spoke before lapsing into silence left Harry and Ron lost for words;
"You want to help us?" said Ron, with his mouth hanging open in surprise and admiration, "you hate Malfoy too?"
"I never mentioned Malfoy" she grinned
Harry understood that she did mean Malfoy but no one could say that she said it and grinned in return.